WoRMS name details
Sternaspis fossor africana Augener, 1918
335658 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335658)
unaccepted (rank change to full species)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 608-613, text-fig. CIX.a-f [details]
page(s): 608-613, text-fig. CIX.a-f [details]
Neotype BM NHM 1930.10.8.2582, verbatimGeounit St....
, Note Designated by neotype as off Angola....
Neotype BM NHM 1930.10.8.2582, verbatimGeounit St. Paul Loanda, Ang... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Designated by neotype as off Angola. Originally as Atlantic Ocean, western Africa. [details]
Taxonomy Status change to species level by Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013)
Taxonomy Status change to species level by Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sternaspis fossor africana Augener, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335658 on 2024-04-20
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original description
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 608-613, text-fig. CIX.a-f [details]
taxonomy source Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74
page(s): 26 [details]
page(s): 608-613, text-fig. CIX.a-f [details]
taxonomy source Sendall, Kelly; Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio. 2013. Revision of Sternaspis Otto, 1821 (Polychaeta, Sternaspidae). ZooKeys 286(0): 1-74
page(s): 26 [details]
Neotype BM NHM 1930.10.8.2582, verbatimGeounit St. Paul Loanda, Ang... [details]
From editor or global species database
Neotype Original type series of S. fossor var. africana Augener, 1918 came from widespread West African localities, but it is believed all specimens are lost. Neotype is from St. Paul Loanda, Angola, -8.7833333, 13.2333333 [details]Taxonomy Status change to species level by Sendall & Salazar-Vallejo (2013) [details]
Type locality Designated by neotype as off Angola. Originally as Atlantic Ocean, western Africa. [details]